5: jpujI AMqly slok ‘pvx gurU’ dw ArQ

The meaning of the 38th stanza of japuji-pavn-Guru pani pita

paux gurU gur sbdu hY vwihgurU gur sbd suxwieAw ]

paounu guroo gur sabadu hai vaahaguroo gur sabadu sounaaiaa.

The Guru's word is the air, the Guru and wondrous lord has recited Word the Guru.

pwxI ipqw pivqRR kir gurmuiK pMQ invwix clwieAw ]

paanee pitaa pavitr kari guramoukhi panthi nivaani chalaaiaa.

The father of man is water which by flowing downwards teaches humility.

DrqI mwq mhq kir Eiqpoiq sMjogu bxwieAw ]

dharatee maat mahatu kari aoti poti sanjogu banaaiaa.

The earth being tolerant like mother is the mother and is the further base of all the creatures.

dweI dwieAw rwiq idhu bwl suBwie jgqRR iKlwieAw ]

daaee daaiaa raati dihu baal soubhaai jagatr khilaaiaa.

The day and night are the nurses who keep the people of child-wisdom busy in the plays of the world.

gurmuiK jnm skwrQw swDsMgiq vis Awpu gvwieAw ]

guramoukhi janamu sakaaradaa saadhasangati vasi aapu gavaaiaa.

The life of Gurmukh is meaningful because he in the holy congregation has lost his egotism.

jMmx mrxhu bwhry jIvn mukiq jugiq vrqwieAw ]

janman maranahu baaharay jeevan moukati jougati varataaiaa.

He becoming liberated in life behaves in the 'world with the skill to come out of the cycle of transrnigration.

gurmiq mwqw miq hY ipqw sMqoK moK pdu pwieAw ]

guramati maataa mati hai pitaa santokh mokh padu paaiaa.

The mother of the gurmukhs is the wisdom of the Guru and father, the contentment through whom they attain deliverance.

DIrj Drmu iBrwv duie jpu qpu jqu squ puq jxwieAw ]

dheeraju dharamu bhiraav dui japu tapu jatu satu pout janaaiaa.

Forbearance and the sense of duty are their brothers, and meditation, austetities, continence the sons.

gur cylw cylw gurU purKhu purK clqu vrqwieAw ]

gur chaylaa chaylaa guroo purakhahu purakh chalatu varataaiaa.

The Guru and the disciple are diffused into one another in equanirnity and they both are the extension of the perfect supreme Lord.

gurmuiK suK Plu AlKu lKwieAw ]5]

guramoukhi soukh phalu alakhu lakhaaiaa ||5||

Raving realized the supreme pleasure they have made others also realize the same.